A parliamentary committee in India earlier this year summoned top Twitter executives for alleged bias against "nationalist" accounts. Pixabay

Twitter users are younger, more highly educated, more likely to identify as Democrats and have higher incomes than US adults overall, says a new study from Pew Research Centre amid allegations of anti-conservative bias against the social media platform.

US President Donald Trump earlier criticised social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter for anti-conservative bias.

A parliamentary committee in India earlier this year summoned top Twitter executives for alleged bias against “nationalist” accounts.

Individuals who are among the top 10 per cent most active tweeters also differ from those who tweet rarely in ways that go beyond the volume of content they produce. Pixabay

The new study by the Pew Research Center showed that 36 per cent Twitter users are likely to identify with the Democratic Party compared with 30 per cent of US adults generally.

For the study, the researchers conducted a nationally representative survey of 2,791 US adult Twitter users who were willing to share their Twitter handles.

The results showed that most users rarely tweet, but the most prolific 10 per cent create 80 per cent of tweets from adult US users.

The analysis indicates that the 22 per cent of American adults who use Twitter are representative of the broader population in certain ways, but not others.

US President Donald Trump earlier criticised social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter for anti-conservative bias. VOA

Twitter users also differ from the broader population on some key social issues.

For instance, Twitter users are somewhat more likely to say that immigrants strengthen rather than weaken the country and to see evidence of racial and gender-based inequalities in society, the Pew Research Center found.

Twitter is a social media app that encourages short tweets and brief conversations. Pixabay

Soon after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced that the Odd-Even scheme will be back between November 4 and 15, several memes, jokes and videos with #oddeven hashtag have gone viral on social media such as Twitter.

“I’m not following this ridiculous #OddEven. Fine me, arrest me. There, I said it. @ArvindKejriwal, you ignorant, lazy, freak – vehicular emissions barely scratch the surface of the ocean causing air pollution,” a woman with username @MeherunissaA tweeted.

FILE – A man reads tweets on his phone in front of a displayed Twitter logo. VOA

Another person shared a picture of Bollywood actor Jimmy Sheirgill with his popular movie dialogue ‘Humko Ghanta Faraq Nahi Padta’ and also wrote with caption: “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the #OddEven scheme for vehicles will be implemented in Delhi from 4 to 15 November. People who go on metros – #OddEven.”

“Delhites, get ready to welcome #oddeven #evenodd once again..this time from 4-15 Nov. @ArvindKejriwal, instead of finding a solution to crop burning and stopping it, its so easy to make us suffer, right? We don’t mind any PLANS to curb stub burning?” another tweet read.

Kejriwal said the Odd-Even scheme was aimed at combating high-levels of air pollution in winters due to crop burning in neighbouring states. (IANS)